In all of my years of studying symbols and myths, I came across this symbol, which is actually the peace symbol, based on the tree of life. How much do symbols impact us? Well when you consider that the 'peace' symbol that has been circulating for years actually means death, it kind of resonated with me. Everyone remembers the Vietnam war protests and just about any war protest that you think about usually results in some form of violence. The question of the day, that stumps my logic: How do we equate peace with war?
Go for a walk sometime. Look at the world around you. Really look. In the cities with our concrete surroundings, perhaps there might be nature surrounding community. Perhaps there is a park to take a walk in. Perhaps there is nothing around you for acres and you can actually look up and see the stars at night. Now just listen. Silence doesn't exist. Your heart beats, you breathe, perhaps you can still hear the traffic or the sound of nature. That is called life. We don't notice it enough, but right now it feels like we really need to notice life, and what matters. What really matters is ending all of the games and realizing we need to take care of what is all around us. Forget about the agendas of others trying to stir up hate and fear. We need to get to a place of peace within and heal ourselves from our mentality of having to have it all. There is no way we can digest money if there are no crops. There is no way we can educate our children if we just teach to a test. There is no way we can understand each other if we are driven to hate each other. There is no way any mother, father, wife, brother or sister needs to send someone they love off to fight in wars that are about fear and global domination.
So how do we stop this hate and fear treadmill we are on? Take a look around you. You start with you. Perhaps you need to go into a hall of mirrors and look at yourself. Do you love yourself enough to start with being at peace with who you are? Do you really need to control or dominate the people around you? I thought we were human and doesn't that mean we can reason with each other? Or are we animals still? It is amazing what we can create.
Peace is not an expletive, it is a state of being.
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